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heres my tank, i run a 4ft growtube and a standard 3ft, its the plant in the middle and the ground ones that get most of the algae, i've just pruned those outside ones, you shoud of seen them before.

hi, i went to the lps today and saw this ground covering plant called latifolius swords, i think thats how you spell it, it was in jansens in wairau glengield in the arrowana tank, does anyknow this plant? and if so do they have any to spare? i would obviously pay of course..

what do you guys think, i have a 4ft tank about 280litres, i have discus's, clownloaches, whiptails, bristlenoses, pleco, guppies, swordtails, borneosuckers, occintasumthins, algae eaters, cory's and i think thats all of them.

hi, cheers for that, fish are well but 2 tefe's didnt make it, 2 of the bigest ones which was weird cause the tiny ones are doing fine. cheers

hi, went to the lps today and double checked that if i put doubledose of it in it would get rid of all my bb algae and hair algae, they said that double dose mite kill my fish just want to tripple check with you guys, can you doubledose with fish still in it? can some one tell me step by step instructions as i dont wont to kill my fish, cheers

hi, guys thanks for all the info, the turtle is doing fine and have now named him/or crush, but i think its a he from web information. crush is now made home in the bath tub with rocks and such, he goes out side during the day to catch up on some sun, took it to the vet and they said the wounds are only minor and had not broken the skin, i think i was over reacting but who could blame me, he swims alot and eats plenty of earthworms. i think crush will make a good friend and he isnt at all that shy. thanks again everyone for your help.

hi, im not sure if this is the right place to put it but im at my inlaws and last night i heard the dog barking loudly, neighbours dog that is and this morning my little bro in law found a turtle, cool aye, anyway it looks like the dog was trying to get at it, it has a torn hole on the left bottom shell and you can see a bit of red flesh and it has a red mark on the left front foot, not sure if its natural colour but looks like it has been braised or sumthin, just like to know how to treat the wounds, i put it in a container with luke warm water and a rock to swim out of the water but would like to know what to feed it. i tried to feed it bananas but wont eat it, if no-one wants it then i'll look after it, it seems that people are just throwing them away, well if anyone doesnt want them then i'll have them, can anyone help me with any info on feeds and medication for the wounds? it was found early this morning on the wet grass and looks like the shell has been really dried up, i'll try to get some pics up. cheers

i used to breed them, you can have 3 in a 2ft tank for about 5 years, i had 4 in a 3ft tank, one black female about 27cm and a whit male about 24cm and 2 off springs which were wild colour, if you want them to breed you need a planted tank, normal filter but not too strong, they dont like strong currents, clean waters just use tap if in auckland, auckland water clean and perfect, i fed mine steak, little bits of steak, you can hand feed them and they'll know you and come to you when its feeding time, you can handle them and the feel like and eel, all slimy, the colder the water the less you can feed, i use to feed mine once a week, they are cold water and can put in the fridge when on long monthly holidays, you can keep then in anything, don't need an air pump they have lungs and gills, keep away from direct sunlight and have hiding places, logs to sit on, try not to get tiny gravel and go for the large river rocks cause when you feed them they sometimes take big gulps and swallow the gravel. stuffs them up, you'll know the size of the steaks to feed them cause if too big they'll throw it back up, hearts are good but try and cut away from the fatty parts, they'll reall cool you'll grow to love em. breeding is easy to. dont buy the tucker from the pet shops they're no good just spoils your water heaps, they'll eat anything thats in front of them, use to feed mine tadpoles and wild guppies caught at the local pond too. not sure wat else to add so any other questions just ask. not hard to care for these things just an ice cream container forget about it for a week, good for kids.

hi, just wandering if anyone has heard of them and has a contact for them or know of the extent of their travels, would like to transport some tropical fish from christchurch to auckland, does anyone know of anyone who does, cheers.

hi ya, just wandering if your discus are ready to be sold yet, i gues you work in a fish store, was wandering if you would do me a deal on a group of about 6 baby's. cheers oh by the way, the photo's didnt show

how do you regenerate prime?

what i did was got my favorite piece of drift wood and pictured my plant on the best place for it (took a while to decide) and then drilled hole the size of the stem halfway through the wood, careful not to go throught, then you drill heaps of small tiny holes that exit the wood, this enables you to wedge the plant in and when the roots grow again they will come out these tiny wholes down the wood and into the gravel and give it a real good look, rocks you would probably do the same but with concrete drills. havent tried that but thanks for the idea

what sort of tests.

just realised that guppies eat black beard. yep its true, have a tank of guppies and a few swords. but mostly guppies, i watch the babies pick at the black beard too. and noticed that one bid of bb patch is getting smaller.

that sux, wouldnt wont to buy jansens one anyway, i think the one in wairau glenfield is stunted. been in that small tank for a while. plus who wants to buy desexed ones. been looking into it and the only export two crates of six so anyone want in on this?

nah, want baby ones. one red, one gold

hi i was hoping anyone would direct me to where i could purchase a red asian arowana and a golden asian arowana. i have made up my mind about all fish and feel that these are the absoulute beauties. gold asian arowana red asian arowana

just wandering why the val was dumped into the wild, an exotic species introduced again, like possums and rabbits. in taupo the farm tropical freshwater prawns. the use the water runoffs from the power plant. the power plant use the water to cool the generators and the warmed water goes into a tropical freshwater prawn farm. cool aye, was going to venture in a mass breeding ground for some tropical fish along side the prawns. the good thing is is that if they escaped then they would just die so no possible threat to nz biodiversity. unlike the idiot who threw val out to grow in the wild now becoming a pest so ruins it for all of us.

thanks bg

yeah, but its too late, he died today, 15cm long. i have six left now but they seem to be fine, no white spot, highly active and scoots round the tank.

hi, i heard of cl rests like this but mine swims like this too. he lies on it side and when ever he wants to move he just swims a little bit on it side, i have an apple snail (bridgsii) that just climbed all over him and he did not budge. just keeps breathing. heh huh heh huh heh huh heh huh. does anyone know whats happening? im currently treating for white spot by 31degrees for 24hours, water change60% and 20degrees for 48hours, water change60%, is this right? its what the internet says. any help appreciated. just wandering if the temperature change is causing this and if so should i stop.